US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call
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'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
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Trump envoys in Moscow, with ‘an idea of peace’
6 September 2026
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Retaliation for missile attacks
6 September 2026
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Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
6 September 2026
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India
Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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Rescuers continue grim search for Nepal flood survivors
5 September 2026
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Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Africa bigger, US smaller - UN adopts new map
5 September 2026
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Ukrainian strikes on Russia kill 5
Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early yesterday, killing five people including a child, according to Russian officials.
28 July 2026
South Korea’s Yoon gets suspended jail term
A South Korean court yesterday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign.
28 July 2026
China backs Brazil govt in opposing ‘interference’
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart that he supports the country in “opposing external interference”, Beijing’s state media said, reporting a call between the leaders.
28 July 2026
Iran says no current negotiations with US
Insists on retaining control over the management of the Strait of Hormuz
27 July 2026
Mass shooting kills two in Seattle: US media
A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child
27 July 2026
Israel to allow international force into Gaza, Israeli official says
Israel will allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza as proposed under US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for the enclave
27 July 2026
Iran halts strikes as Trump gives space to talks
Iran and the United States held their fire Sunday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump's UN envoy said the president was "giving talks some space"
27 July 2026
US-Iran war: Retaliatory strikes halted
Iran said yesterday it has halted retaliatory attacks against US allies in the Middle East after Washington stopped its strikes on the country for the past two nights.
27 July 2026
Israeli strike kills top Hamas security official in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike yesterday killed a senior officer of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in the Gaza Strip and an associate as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, medics and police officials said.
27 July 2026
UK PM vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he may “take a different opinion” from US President Donald Trump and will “put Britain’s interest first” when dealing with the American leader.
27 July 2026
Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
Two men flying in a small private plane died Saturday when they crashed into the roof of a house in northwestern Germany, police said.
27 July 2026
Election talks: Brazil denies visas for US officials
Brazil denied visas for two US officials who sought to meet with Brazilian election authorities less than three months before a tense presidential vote, a diplomatic source told AFP on Saturday.
27 July 2026
Southern China faces torrential rain, flood risk
Typhoon Noul dumped heavy to torrential rains across much of southern China for two days, authorities said, after sweeping the province of Guangdong and neighbouring Hong Kong with gale-force winds, following landfall yesterday.
27 July 2026
Settlers set fire to two mosques in West Bank
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early yesterday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti on buildings, Palestinian officials said.
27 July 2026
Syria reports fresh Israeli incursion
Syrian state media said Israeli forces carried out an incursion into the country’s south yesterday, a day after the visiting UN chief urged an end to Israeli violations and respect for Syria’s sovereignty.
27 July 2026
German cops hunt for prime suspect
Berlin police have published a picture of a 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out Saturday night’s attack at the celebration in which a vehicle rammed into a crowd, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen.
27 July 2026
Russia seeks 30,000 extra North Korea troops: Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.
27 July 2026
India’s Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls
Nearly five weeks after India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 75, posted a rare Instagram selfie video.
27 July 2026
‘Difficult hours’ loom in wildfire battle
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday difficult hours lay ahead in the fight against the country’s wildfires, but officials had seen positive developments in controlling the blazes around Madrid.
27 July 2026
Cuban president accuses US of 'political genocide' on anniversary of revolution
Diaz-Canel criticised US State Department report accusing Cuba of backing an 'unprecedented wave of leftwing terrorism on American soil'
26 July 2026